I really liked your correlation charts. I can think of some others that might be interesting (even though they aren’t really related to point guards, and might also be obsolete after the trade deadline). For example, does having Mozgov on the floor improve any one else’s rebounding (since he does make an effort to box out, one might see this effect). Does having Chandler on the floor improve Amare’s scoring in any way. I am sure you can think of more.

Apropos of the trade rumors, I am really unhappy that Dolan seems to be forcing the issue. Walsh hasn’t been perfect, but overall he’s a very good judge of value and I wan’t him deciding, not someone else. Also, he doesnt’ get impatient, and seems willing to let a deadline force Denver’s hand, rather than coming to them. That seems good to me. Anthony would probably help the Knicks, but there are other things the Knicks need more, and I definitely don’t want to trade more than one starter for him.

giantg: Unfortunately your analysis might be better off looking at Billups ability to get the ball inside on the pick and roll  

The article isn’t about Billups (and was written before these rumors surfaced about Chauncey being part of the deal). I wanted to leave that part up to you to figure out. Chauncey’s 3pt shooting definitely helps in one respect, but can he pass in traffic like Felton? Can he take make trouble for big men in general off the dribble? Felton has been pretty good at passing in traffic, bad at making threes, and about average at scoring on slower bigs (mostly, again, due to an unreliable jumper — bigs can lay off of him).

I’m not sure if your comment refers to his dribble penetration (less important IMO) or his ability to make good passes into Amare (more important). In the latter case, I haven’t watched the Nuggets enough to say whether his low assist numbers are due to the system or a lack of skill. I imagine part of it though has to do with the fact that the offense is run through Nene in the low post (no assist opportunities there) and Anthony on isolations (again no assist opportunities).